Amazon Groups
Mountain Zones
Ancient Civilizations
Mexico
Miscellaneous
100
This group just wants to have the land the government promised them so they can have a home and raise their family.
Who is the settlers?
100
This zone has an elevation range from 3,000-6,000 feet.
What is Tierra Templada?
100
This civilization was found in the Yucatan Peninsula area.
Who is the Maya?
100
This terms refers to the increasing poverty in the countryside
What is rural decline?
100
As elevation goes up, the climate becomes drier and this:
What is colder?
200
This group doesn't cause harm to the rainforest resources while getting a product that they can sell.
Who are the rubber tappers?
200
This zone has a temperature range from 20 degrees to 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is Tierra Helada?
200
This ancient civilization was found near central Mexico.
Who is the Aztecs?
200
This terms refers to the unequal distribution of wealth or resources in an area, where some places are richer than others.
What is spatial inequality?
200
In Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, small floating islands were made by making reed mats with mud layered on top for this purpose:
What is farming?
300
This group has been around nearly 12,000 years and just wants to continue living like they have.
Who are the Native Amazonians?
300
This zone means cold country.
What is Tierra Fria?
300
This ancient civilization was found in the Andes Mountains.
Who are the Incas?
300
These two terms divide Mexico City's residents into distinct groups
What is Haves and Have Nots?
300
The Incas built these by building walls on the slopes of the mountains and filling them in with soil to create flat land for planting:
What is terraces?
400
This group would like to slow down the deforestation, protect the rainforests, and find medical cures.
Who are the environmentalists?
400
This zone means hot country because average temperatures are from 75-80 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is Tierra Caliente?
400
This terms means believing or worshiping more than one God
What is polytheism or polytheistic?
400
This thick blanket covers Mexico City because of air pollution and over population.
What is smog?
400
What is one of the reasons the Amazon rainforest is facing danger?
Any will do: What is commercial logging, deforestation, cattle ranching, money from the rainforest's resources.
500
These two groups are most responsible for helping pay off Brazil's national debts.
Who are the loggers and cattle ranchers?
500
The air is thin in this zone making it difficult for people to breathe.
What is Tierra Helada?
500
This ancient civilization suddenly disappeared without anyone knowing what happened to them
Who are the Maya?
500
This term refers to the growth of a city
What is urbanization?
500
Many scientists worry about the effects of the rainforest in the Amazon Basin shrinking since it is a major part of this system:
What is carbon-oxygen cycle?
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